Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ragtime"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ragtime \Rag"time`\, n. (Mus.)
Time characterized by syncopation, as in many negro melodies.
[Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ragtime
n : music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) [syn:
{rag}]
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